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  CAMERON, 
  Hymenoptera 
  Orientalia. 
  

  

  is 
  slightly 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  third 
  ; 
  the 
  recurrent 
  nervures 
  

   are 
  both 
  received 
  shortly 
  beyond 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  cellules. 
  

   The 
  abdomen 
  is 
  ferruginous 
  ; 
  the 
  petiole 
  is 
  black, 
  strongly 
  

   punctured, 
  and 
  covered 
  with 
  longish 
  black 
  hair; 
  the 
  ventral 
  

   keel 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  ends 
  in 
  a 
  large, 
  stout, 
  oblique 
  tooth 
  ; 
  the 
  

   other 
  segments 
  are 
  thickly 
  fringed 
  with 
  ferruginous 
  hair, 
  

   and 
  are 
  sparsely 
  punctured; 
  the 
  apical 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  pygidium 
  

   is 
  black 
  and 
  covered 
  with 
  black 
  hairs. 
  

  

  MUTILLA 
  PH.ENNA, 
  Sp. 
  JWV. 
  

  

  Nigra, 
  abdominis 
  scgmentis 
  2 
  — 
  5 
  rufis 
  ; 
  a/is 
  fusco- 
  

   vio/accis, 
  basi 
  hyalinis 
  ; 
  medio 
  scutelli 
  laevo. 
  6 
  . 
  

  

  Long. 
  12 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Barrackpore 
  (Rothney). 
  

  

  Scape 
  of 
  antenna; 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  hair 
  ; 
  

   the 
  flagellum 
  opaque. 
  Front 
  and 
  vertex 
  shining, 
  strongly, 
  

   but 
  not 
  very 
  closely, 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  front 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  

   thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  white, 
  the 
  sides 
  and 
  vertex 
  

   covered 
  more 
  sparsely 
  with 
  long 
  fuscous 
  hair. 
  Face 
  and 
  

   clypeus 
  smooth 
  and 
  shining 
  ; 
  the 
  clypeus 
  slightly 
  

   obliquely 
  narrowed 
  from 
  the 
  middle 
  to 
  the 
  apex. 
  

   Mandibles 
  black, 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long, 
  pale 
  silvery 
  

   hair 
  ; 
  before 
  the 
  middle 
  is 
  a 
  broad 
  red 
  band. 
  Palpi 
  dark 
  

   fuscous. 
  Pro- 
  and 
  meso-notum 
  closely 
  and 
  strongly 
  

   punctured, 
  and 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long, 
  dark 
  fuscous 
  

   hair. 
  Scutellum 
  hardly 
  raised 
  above 
  the 
  level 
  of 
  the 
  

   mesonotum, 
  strongly 
  and 
  deeply 
  punctured, 
  except 
  in 
  the 
  

   middle, 
  which 
  is 
  smooth 
  and 
  shining 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  this 
  

   shining 
  band 
  is 
  widely 
  furrowed. 
  Median 
  segment 
  reticu- 
  

   lated, 
  the 
  basal 
  area 
  is 
  wide 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  being 
  there 
  twice 
  

   the 
  width 
  of 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  wide 
  part 
  becomes 
  gradually 
  

   narrowed 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  pubescence, 
  as 
  

   are 
  also 
  the 
  area; 
  at 
  its 
  base 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  segment 
  

   is 
  shining, 
  strongly 
  closely 
  reticulated 
  and 
  sparsely 
  

  

  